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COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII
BILL NO. 156 (Drafr 4)
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 11 (HOUSING), ARTICLE 1, SECTION 11-4(D),
HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983 (2005 EDITION), TO INCLUDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING
REQUIREMENTS FOR INDUSTRIAL PARK DEVELOPMENTS.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The Housing Element of the Hawaii County General Plan (enacted as
Ordinance No. OS-25) cleazly states that a policy of the County of Hawaii shall be that "lazge
industries or developments that create a demand for housing shall provide employee housing
based upon a ratio to be determined by an analysis of the locality's needs." The County Council
finds that industrial developments which are comprised of multiple individual enterprises aze, in
fact, lazge industries which generate substantial employment and demands for employee housing.
Therefore, such industrial developments should be subject to the affordable housing
requirements articulated in Chapter 11 (Housing) of the Hawaii County Code.
SECTION 2. Chapter 11, article 1, section 11-4(d), Hawai`i County Code 1983 (2005
edition), relating to affordable housing requirements for industrial uses, is amended to read as
follows:
"Section 11-4. Affordable housing requirements.
(d) Requirements for industrial uses.
The industrial uses that must fulfill the affordable housing requirements
are any uses allowed as of right in an ML or MG district, except for home
improvement centers, and any uses that are also allowed as of right in a
CG district.
Credits Required
Individual industrial enterprises generating more than one hundred
employees on a full-time equivalent basis must earn one affordable
housing credit for every four full-time equivalent jobs created.
(B) Rezonines to ML, MG, or MCX, approved after the effective date
of this ordinance with a potential to generate more than one hundred
employees on a full-time equivalent basis must earn one affordable
housing credit for every four full-time equivalent iobs created.
At the time of rezonin¢, the potential job generation shall be
assumed to be ten full-time
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determine whether subsequent development within the
rezoned azea must satisfy an affordable housin requirement.
ii At the time of plan approval, pursuant to section 11-9(bl, the
affordable housin¢ requirement shall be based upon ten full-
time equivalent jobs per acre, or one per 1,000 squaze feet of
gross floor azea, whichever is greater, provided that the
administrator, after consultation with the planninc director,
shall adjust the number of iobs based on proof that the actual
number of jobs created will deviate from this standard, and
provided that in that case, the affordable housing requirement
shall be reassessed if the use is chanced.
iii The applicant may also satisfy the affordable housing
requirement at the time of final subdivision approval for all
or a portion of the lots created within the rezoned azea,
provided that in that case, the applicant shall be required to
earn one affordable housing credit for every ten full-time
equivalent jobs created, based on ten full-time equivalent
iobs per acre."
SECTION 3. Upon passage of this ordinance, the Revisor of Ordinances shall insert in
section I 1-4(d)(2)(B), the effective calendar date of this ordinance in place of the phrase "(the
effective date of this ordinance)."
SECTION 4. Severability. If any provision of this ordinance, or the application thereof to
any person or circumstance, is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or
applications of the ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid provision or
application, and to this end, the provisions of this ordinance are declared to be severable.
SECTION 5. Material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New material is
underscored. In printing this ordinance, the brackets, bracketed material, and underscoring need
not be included.
SECTION 6. This ordinance shall take effect on its approval.
INTRODUCED BY:
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COUNCIL M MB R, CO OF WAIT
Hawai' i
Date of Introduction:
Date of 1st Reading:
Date of 2nd Reading:
Effective Date:
P,EFEFENC~: Gomm. 200.14
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